preventer bolts

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preventer bolts - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Preventer \Pre*vent"er\, n.
     1. One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates
        another. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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     2. One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which
        hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease.
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     3. (Naut.) An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast.
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     Preventer bolts, or Preventer plates (Naut.), fixtures
        connected with preventers to re["e]nforce other rigging.
        
  
     Preventer stay. (Naut.) Same as Preventer, 3.
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